Urgent call for blood donations as elective surgery backlog and drop in donors drives demand

Anita Beaumont
Updated March 2 2021 - 2:57pm, first published 2:52pm
Out for blood: The Australian Red Cross Lifeblood service needs 600 donations in the Hunter in the next fortnight to help meet urgent demand. It comes after a drop in doner numbers and a rise in elective surgeries.
Out for blood: The Australian Red Cross Lifeblood service needs 600 donations in the Hunter in the next fortnight to help meet urgent demand. It comes after a drop in doner numbers and a rise in elective surgeries.

DECLINING donor numbers and hospitals tackling a backlog of elective surgeries is behind a desperate call for blood donations.

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Anita Beaumont

Anita Beaumont

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Anita Beaumont is a health and general news reporter at the Newcastle Herald.

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